Example sentences of "[v-ing] i up " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had a mum as a single parent and two grandparents and they did an excellent job of bringing me up ! |
| 2 | What happened was I happened to be in the corridors there and the gentleman came in , that 's on the Friday afternoon , gentleman came in and asked to see the Headmaster , so I took him along to see who was the Headmaster then , and erm shortly after that I was called up to see and erm asked me if I 'd like to apply for this job because had seen me erm bringing me up to , bringing him up to see and he said erm , well what about that young fella who brought me up there and would he like to apply . |
| 3 | Just my personal assistant bringing me up to date on some business matters , ’ he added dismissively as he walked over to the other side of the bed , picking up his slim gold watch from a small table . |
| 4 | Arthur was just kept bringing me up food all the time . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't want the feckin' Gardai pullin' me up for drunken drivin' . ’ |
| 6 | This woman who , who keeps phoning me up about all this oil pollution on her land . |
| 7 | and Alan 's started phoning me up and saying |
| 8 | I told her not to bother phoning me up . |
| 9 | Told Jessica not to bother phoning me up . |
| 10 | She kept phoning me up to tell me about Crowded House tickets and that she could n't get any . |
| 11 | She says , ‘ How am I going to get round all these people phoning me up saying , ‘ Why am I not getting calls , it 's all your fault ’ , you know , all the rest of it ’ , when they have n't diverted their telephone to the right extension number . |
| 12 | He kept touching me up , touching my breasts . |
| 13 | This guy sitting behind me started playing with my hair and touching me up . |
| 14 | ‘ You OK , son ? ’ he asked , helping me up . |
| 15 | But I 've accepted it as fate that people are building me up to knock me down . |
| 16 | ‘ You two are cheering me up too much and I ca n't stand the excitement . ’ |
| 17 | It 's cheering me up . ’ |
| 18 | Er I thought you did well in erm giving yourself credibility by talking about the shares , oh yes you can have two hundred and fifty pounds per month in the shares and they 've done well and I said oh yes they have done well , and I felt good that you were praising me up for being such a clever chap , and so I thought that was all , all jolly good stuff . |
| 19 | They usually started out about now , and after catching me up went forward an agreed distance to make camp . |
| 20 | Oh so funny , cracking me up . |
| 21 | I just want to say a big THANK YOU to the organisers and correspondents for keeping me up to date with the progress of THE WHITES this season . |
| 22 | After it was found a second time — minus the tools — Mr Brettel , 48 , of Ash , Hants , said : ‘ I thought they were winding me up . |
| 23 | Hurt was celebrating an award which had been won by his TV series The Storyteller and was staggering around in a drunken haze when he turned on the paparazzi and yelled , ‘ Those bastards have been winding me up all night . |
| 24 | ‘ You 'll end up winding me up . |
| 25 | Probably nothing , he was thinking , she 's only winding me up , and the thought that she was gave him a pleasurable kick . |
| 26 | Another dream , I 'd thought , and tried to remember , but remembered the pigeon instead : it was n't rats , it was her again , winding me up . |
| 27 | You 're winding me up . ’ |
| 28 | Erm , taking the mick , she 's winding me up , thick as shit , obnoxious twat , |
| 29 | You 're winding me up ! |
| 30 | I saw now she was softening me up just to ask me a favour . |